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Selecting an auxiliary storage medium for writing data of real storage pages

US8683169B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Alfred F. Foster · Wappingers Falls, US
Duane C. Hughes · Watertown, US
Charles E. Mari · Wappingers Falls, US
Robert Miller, Jr. · Poughkeepsie, US
Harris M. Morgenstern · Wappingers Falls, US
Walter W. Otto · Clinton Corners, US
Steven M. Partlow · Beacon, US
Thomas F. Rankin · Wallkill, US
Peter G. Sutton · Lagrangeville, US
Elpida Tzortzatos · Lagrangeville, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 5, 2011
Grant date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F12/08
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An auxiliary storage medium is selected for writing data of a set of one or more pages being paged-out from real memory. The auxiliary storage medium is selected from among a plurality of auxiliary storage media, including differing types of storage media, based on characteristics of the plurality of storage media and/or the attributes of the data being written to the auxiliary storage media.

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